Alabama carries out first US execution using nitrogen gas

Smith, 58, was on death row for more than three decades after being convicted of the 1988 murder-for-hire of a pastor's wife.

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A mugshot of death row inmate Kenneth Smith, 58, a convicted murderer. He was executed in the US state of Alabama using nitrogen gas. (Photo by AFP)
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The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first time the controversial method criticised by human

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